Candler and Jackson aren't the only ones demanding that the City of Houston and the TxDOT step up their game.

District 148 state representative Jessica Farrar fears a doomsday scenario in a letter written to Daniel Kreuger, director of Houston's Public Works and Engineering Department. (As of the time this post was published, Kruger hadn't responded to our interview request.)

"If trucks are not allowed on this route, the issue becomes one of enforcement — specifically, whether or not any and all offenders will be caught," writes Farrar. "It will only take one fateful trip over the bridge to create catastrophe."